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Full-Text Articles in Medicine and Health Sciences
Loss Of Obstetric Services In Rural Appalachia: A Qualitative Study Of Community Perceptions, Caroline R. Efird, David Dry, Rachel F. Seidman
Loss Of Obstetric Services In Rural Appalachia: A Qualitative Study Of Community Perceptions, Caroline R. Efird, David Dry, Rachel F. Seidman
Journal of Appalachian Health
Background: As rural hospitals across the United States increasingly downsize or close, the availability of inpatient obstetric services continues to decline in rural areas. In rural Appalachia, the termination of obstetric services threatens to exacerbate the existing risk of adverse birth outcomes for women and infants, yet less is known about how the cessation of these services affects the broader community.
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explain how the loss of local obstetric services affects perceptions of healthcare among multi-generational residents of a remote, rural Appalachian community in western North Carolina.
Methods: An interdisciplinary team of researchers …
The Coulter Principle: For The Good Of Humankind, Marshall Graham
The Coulter Principle: For The Good Of Humankind, Marshall Graham
Theses and Dissertations--History
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 made Wallace H. Coulter abruptly comprehend the critical need for rapid and accurate blood-cell counts in providing care for victims of radiation exposure. This thesis documents the unwritten story of his journey from that comprehension through his invention and implementation of the Coulter Principle, its commercialization in the first widely available automated blood-cell counter, and elaboration of that ground-breaking counter into increasingly sophisticated instrumentation for analysis not only of blood cells, but of particles involved in many other scientific disciplines. International cold-war politics and the burgeoning of increasingly powerful nuclear …
Historical And Cross-Cultural Perspectives On Parkinson's Disease, Lee Xenakis Blonder
Historical And Cross-Cultural Perspectives On Parkinson's Disease, Lee Xenakis Blonder
Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Faculty Publications
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder, affecting up to 10 million people worldwide according to the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation. Epidemiological and genetic studies show a preponderance of idiopathic cases and a subset linked to genetic polymorphisms of a familial nature. Traditional Chinese medicine and Ayurveda recognized and treated the illness that Western Medicine terms PD millennia ago, and descriptions of Parkinson’s symptomatology by Europeans date back 2000 years to the ancient Greek physician Galen. However, the Western nosological classification now referred to in English as “Parkinson’s disease” and the description of symptoms that define it, are accredited to …
A Theory Of Veteran Identity, Travis L. Martin
A Theory Of Veteran Identity, Travis L. Martin
Theses and Dissertations--English
More than 2.6 million troops have deployed in support of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Still, surveys reveal that more than half feel “disconnected” from their civilian counterparts, and this feeling persists despite ongoing efforts, in the academy and elsewhere, to help returning veterans overcome physical and mental wounds, seek an education, and find meaningful ways to contribute to society after taking off the uniform. This dissertation argues that Iraq and Afghanistan War veterans struggle with reassimilation because they lack healthy, complete models of veteran identity to draw upon in their postwar lives, a problem they’re working through collectively …
Transylvania University And Its Hemp Connection, Charles T. Ambrose
Transylvania University And Its Hemp Connection, Charles T. Ambrose
Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564)–An Unfinished Life, Charles T. Ambrose
Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564)–An Unfinished Life, Charles T. Ambrose
Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications
The fame of Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564) rests on his anatomy text, De humani corporis fabrica, regarded as a seminal book in modern medicine. It was compiled while he taught anatomy at Padua, 1537-1543. Some of his findings challenged Galen’s writings of the 2c AD, and caused De fabrica to be rejected immediately by classically trained anatomists. At age 29, Vesalius abandoned his studies and over the next two decades served as physician to Emperor Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire (HRE) and later to King Philip II of Spain in Madrid. In 1564, he sought to resume teaching anatomy …
Plagiarism Of Ideas. Benjamin Rush And Charles Caldwell--A Student-Mentor Dispute, Charles T. Ambrose
Plagiarism Of Ideas. Benjamin Rush And Charles Caldwell--A Student-Mentor Dispute, Charles T. Ambrose
Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Grave Robbing In Lexington And Elsewhere, Charles T. Ambrose
Grave Robbing In Lexington And Elsewhere, Charles T. Ambrose
Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Emmet F. Horine And Transylvania’S Special Collections, Charles T. Ambrose
Emmet F. Horine And Transylvania’S Special Collections, Charles T. Ambrose
Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
A Unique Treasure: Transylvania's 1,760 Medical Theses From The Early Nineteenth Century--11 On Yellow Fever, Charles T. Ambrose
A Unique Treasure: Transylvania's 1,760 Medical Theses From The Early Nineteenth Century--11 On Yellow Fever, Charles T. Ambrose
Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
The Historical Importance Of Transylvania University’S Medical Department (1799-1859), Focusing On The Little Known Secret Kappa Lambda Society Of Hippocrates And The Origin Of The American Medical Association's Principles Of Medical Ethics, Charles T. Ambrose
Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Sir William Osler And The Muniments Of The Almshouse At Ewelme, Charles T. Ambrose
Sir William Osler And The Muniments Of The Almshouse At Ewelme, Charles T. Ambrose
Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Osler Came To Boston, Charles T. Ambrose
Osler Came To Boston, Charles T. Ambrose
Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Transylvania Medical Alumni Who Served In The Union And Confederate Armies, Charles T. Ambrose
Transylvania Medical Alumni Who Served In The Union And Confederate Armies, Charles T. Ambrose
Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Transylvania Medical Alumni Served Both Sides During The Civil War, Charles T. Ambrose
Transylvania Medical Alumni Served Both Sides During The Civil War, Charles T. Ambrose
Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
A Transylvania Medical Graduate Searches For His Sons After A Civil War Battle, Charles T. Ambrose
A Transylvania Medical Graduate Searches For His Sons After A Civil War Battle, Charles T. Ambrose
Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Joseph Hersey Pratt, M.D.: The Man Who Would Be Osler, Charles T. Ambrose
Joseph Hersey Pratt, M.D.: The Man Who Would Be Osler, Charles T. Ambrose
Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications
Joseph Hersey Pratt (1872-1956) was a member of the second class of the Johns Hopkins Medical School, where he became a devoted student of William Osler and life-long disciple. Pratt received his medical degree in 1898 and spent his professional career in Boston. He maintained a close association with Osler until the latter's death in 1919, when Osler's deification as a secular medical saint began. When Pratt died in 1956 at age 83, the Boston Globe eulogized him in an editorial which read, "Dr. Pratt earned a place in the group of Boston medical immortals who have done so much …
Osler And The Infected Letter: A History Of Disinfecting Mail With Special Reference To Smallpox, Charles T. Ambrose
Osler And The Infected Letter: A History Of Disinfecting Mail With Special Reference To Smallpox, Charles T. Ambrose
Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications
In January 1876 William Osler, a young Canadian physician, was recovering from a mild case of smallpox contracted while attending patients at the Montreal General Hospital (Figure 1). In a letter written that same month to an old schoolmate (ArthurJarvis), Osier described his illness and noted in closing, "You need not be afraid of this letter. I will disinfect it before sending." Concern about disseminating smallpox via the letter was well founded. In his medical textbook of 1892, Osler would later write that smallpox can be conveyed by fomites: "the dried scales [of variola scabs] ... as a dust-like powder …
Rafinesque And Transylvania’S First Botanical Garden, Charles T. Ambrose
Rafinesque And Transylvania’S First Botanical Garden, Charles T. Ambrose
Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Five Early American Botanists: Works And Opinions Of Rafinesque, Charles T. Ambrose
Five Early American Botanists: Works And Opinions Of Rafinesque, Charles T. Ambrose
Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Carolus Linnaeus (Carl Von Linné), 1707-1778: The Swede Who Named Almost Everything, Charles T. Ambrose
Carolus Linnaeus (Carl Von Linné), 1707-1778: The Swede Who Named Almost Everything, Charles T. Ambrose
Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Transylvania’S Skull With A Hole In It, Charles T. Ambrose
Transylvania’S Skull With A Hole In It, Charles T. Ambrose
Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Compte De Buffon (1701-1788): The French Rival Of Linnaeus, Charles T. Ambrose
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Compte De Buffon (1701-1788): The French Rival Of Linnaeus, Charles T. Ambrose
Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Carolus Linnaeus (Carl Von Linné), 1707-78: The Swede Who Named Almost Everything, Charles T. Ambrose
Carolus Linnaeus (Carl Von Linné), 1707-78: The Swede Who Named Almost Everything, Charles T. Ambrose
Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Rafinesque, Transylvania’S Famous Naturalist, Charles T. Ambrose
Rafinesque, Transylvania’S Famous Naturalist, Charles T. Ambrose
Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Observationes Medicae, 1685, Charles T. Ambrose
Observationes Medicae, 1685, Charles T. Ambrose
Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Giovanni Borelli’S De Motu Animalium, 1685, Charles T. Ambrose
Giovanni Borelli’S De Motu Animalium, 1685, Charles T. Ambrose
Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
The Collected Works Of Hippocrates And Galen: The Greatest Physicians Of The Graeco-Roman World, Charles T. Ambrose
The Collected Works Of Hippocrates And Galen: The Greatest Physicians Of The Graeco-Roman World, Charles T. Ambrose
Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Robley Dunglison, 1798-1869: The Preeminent Medical Author Of Mid-Nineteenth-Century America, Charles T. Ambrose
Robley Dunglison, 1798-1869: The Preeminent Medical Author Of Mid-Nineteenth-Century America, Charles T. Ambrose
Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Osler And The Infected Letter, Charles T. Ambrose
Osler And The Infected Letter, Charles T. Ambrose
Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications
The spread of infectious agents through the mail has concerned public health officials for 5 centuries. The dissemination of anthrax spores in the US mail in 2001 was a recent example. In 1901, two medical journals reported outbreaks of smallpox presumably introduced by letters contaminated with variola viruses. The stability and infectivity of the smallpox virus are reviewed from both a historical (anecdotal) perspective and modern virologic studies. Bubonic plague was the contagious disease that led to quarantines as early as the 14th century in port cities in southern Europe. Later, smallpox, cholera, typhus, and yellow fever were recognized as …